by Shimbo And just like that, 14 years of virtual silence ended in a cacophony of chaos; then the beat came and everything was exactly as hoped. So began “Ain’t That Easy”, the first cut from Black Messiah, the long, long awaited full-length album from R&B prodigy D’Angelo. Now the problem that instantly arises when waiting for new music from… Read more →
by Ed Button There’s a new social media messaging app called Fling, which has been out since June. It’s been advertised on Twitter and while there hasn’t been much more in the way of publicity, it seems to be pretty popular: a month into its release, it reportedly had 375,000 downloads and 150 million “flings” sent out. The idea behind Fling is that it’s extremely… Read more →
by Shimbo Walking out of the theater after screening Dumb and Dumber To, the long-awaited reunion of Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels and the Farrelly Bros., I couldn’t help but feel a little sad, if not slightly defeated. To be sure, this was a film no one necessarily asked for, despite the original 1994 film being a mega-hit, grossing nearly $300… Read more →
by Shimbo You and I will never see space. Chances are, our children won’t see it either. For us, tales of space exploration, real exploration, will only ever be fables we tell our grandchildren before they tuck away for the night. It’s this longing for space, for the unknown, that drove (and continues to drive) science fiction for decades. From The… Read more →
by Shimbo On the surface, there’s no reason under the sun that a movie like John Wick should work as well as it does, but the reasons stare us right in the face throughout the hour and 40 minute run time. As action films go, there isn’t much that hasn’t been featured in other films, but instead of an homage,… Read more →
